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19908vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; purple cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Comprises 150 interviews with veterans of the Parachute Regiment and other airborne forces. Inevitably a major part of the book is devoted to Arnhem.
19918vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 8; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The development of radar and its part in winning WWII. The author spent five years with AMRE at Worth Maltravers in Dorset. Extremely scarce.
19788vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 16 and 21 full-page maps (3 double-page) in the text, small neat name-stamp on front paste-down and front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Belchem was head of Montgomery's Operations Staff from 1943 to 1945.
20088vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. One of the most recent studies. Includes veterans accounts, on-site walks and numerous appendices
19778vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 23 plates; original series binding of green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20108vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed history of British WWII commandos, both in raids and combined operations. Includes France and Norway
20058vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The 1915 battles of the BEF, and Loos in particular, were fought largely on 'most unfavourable ground' resulting in negligible gain and heavy casualties. A close study of the planning, execution and aftermath based on official and numerous personal stories.
19978vo., First Edition, with 89 plates on 32; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at lower corner of front panel. The best modern account, written in close collaboration with Brigadier Mike Calvert. The frontispiece depicts a section of David Rowland's painting of Calvert's charge on Pagoda Hill, Burma. Graham & Cole, G15.
19468vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, and very numerous illustrations in the text, A NUMBER COLOURED BY HAND, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, upper board lettered in red, a very good, clean copy. Bright copy of the best single-volume reference.
19878vo., First Edition, with numerous tables in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, housed in publisher's cloth slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 229). A major study and the standard reference for battle honours. Includes short notes on actions.
19688vo., First Edition, with 19 plates on 12; cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Timely account, published at the time of integration of the TA with regular forces, of Britain's volunteer servicemen through nearly two thousand years.
19664to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text and endpaper maps; original orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. A remarkable collection of over 500 photographs forming a detailed history of the siege. Each is meticulously identified, located and captioned. Enser, p.424.
19568vo., First Edition, with a fine portrait frontispiece, 11 plates on 8, 7 full-page maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth, regimental badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The 2 and 1/7 Bns landed in Normandy; 1 Bn served in India and Burma; 2 Bn fought across North-West Europe. Includes index of officers and men, and separate index of places and events. Sutcliffe, p.53; White, p.57.
20108vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Written by an acknowledged airborne forces historian, this is the first major biography of the legendary airborne forces commander. Hill led 1 Para in North Africa, 9 Para, 3 Parachute Brigade (D-Day, Merville Battery, Rhine Crossing) and 1 Parachute Brigade.
19808vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece,8 full-page maps, 13 large folding maps and pictorial endpapers; original regimental cloth, badges blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small nick at front panel and unevenly faded at rear panel. A presentation copy from the author with his long signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper verso. The 98th served in France, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Holland; the 144th served in Africa, Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea, Egypt, Libya, Cyrenaica, Persia, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Notable actions include Alamein, the Sangro, Cassino, Gothic Line, Keren, Tobruk, CRUSADER and Gazala. Includes ROH, honours and awards, glossary and bibliography. Scarce, especially in this condition. Not recorded by Enser.
20038vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Smith p.78, 80; Sutcliffe, p.126.
20028vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
19958vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20008vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith, p.85; Sutcliffe, p.127.
19998vo., with illustrations and maps in the text; laminated pictorial boards as issued, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality re-issue of the first edition of 1995
20008vo., with illustrations and maps in the text; laminated pictorial boards as issued, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality re-issue of the first edition of 1997.
19914to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the King’s Own from its formation as the 2nd Tangier Regiment in 1680 to its amalgamation with the Border Regiment in 1959. Sutcliffe, p.42.
2009Roy. 4to., Second Revised Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded edition of the splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. First published in 1994, this is the book which began the 'new wave' of Arnhem unit photographic documentaries. As one would expect, about half the book is given over to the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operation orders for MARKET and much other data. This edition includes more than 135 new photographs, minor corrections, additions to the Battalion ROH and detailed additions to the Battalion roll. Sutcliffe, p.293 (recording the first edition of 1994)
19944to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and photographic endpapers; original black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19718vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; regimental blue buckram, badge in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Greatly expanded and updated version of the author's original 'short history' published in 1913. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Not recorded by Sutcliffe
